Bodies of both women showed signs of having been beaten with a blunt instrument, police said
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Suspect fled from an office and leaped onto the track bed before climbing the tower
Suspect was perched atop an electric supply tower for nearly 2 hours
Suspect allegedly beat the woman, 25, with a rod and electrical cord, scalded her with boiling water, removed her teeth with pliers and stabbed her leg with a bamboo skewer
Suspect used a knife to stab the victim in left side and right shoulder in the parking lot of the restaurant
Suspect told police, 'Just before the incident, he and I got into a quarrel'
Former city councilman, who is related to one of the victims, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
Suspect recruited the boy, then aged 15, to engage in acts deemed obscene along with four other male participants
Police chief said, 'For a young man to be wearing a suit, it seemed out of the ordinary'
Police previously thought she was murdered